Trip to New York

The trip to New York was not only a great opportunity to visit Mike Perry studio, Stink Studios, and museums but also to learn from such a different culture, its architecture and other aspects of everyday design, like the cars Americans drive.

The visit to Mike Perry was a good example of the modern hippie and hipster Brooklyn. Their practice little had to do with my interests, but that didn't make it any less interesting. On the contrary, their studio was carefully designed and it was really nice just to be in there. It felt like a very good place to work at and it was noticeable that they have taken the time to have such a nice place. Their experiences were also very enlightening, like how it is to run your own studio and how it affects your personal and professional life. They also gave us a folder with different magazines, publications, and posters.
Stinks Studios is an agency also located in Brooklyn. We had the chance to have a long chat with the person in charge of hiring and also another employee that is an art director. They were really nice and open to everything we asked. I got interested in knowing how important it was for her to find a designer that cared about the business side of design instead of being only focused on practice. She said this was a very good question, and that she always tried to find the balance when hiring, that she doesn't want someone who is too focused on the commercial side or someone that only designs for their portfolio.
I also took the chance to visit the museums of Guggenheim and the MoMA, being this second one more aligned with my interests and passions. In my opinion, the best exhibition was the one of the photographer Stephen Shore, who reflected in a unique way the American-ness of many places and models. Bought a book of his work at the museum, which was designed following modernist and minimalist guidelines. Also bought a book of the art deco in New York at the MET shop.